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The Road to Darwin
December 14, 2019 | troublemagChapter 4 – The Alice
Rolled into Alice Springs, literally: a strong head wind burnt up all the petrol. As the sun set in the west (I presume it was the west because that’s where the sun sets where I … Read More
The Road to Darwin
October 5, 2019 | troublemagpart one
Ben Laycock
Chapter 1 – Hattah
We leave Castlemaine on the last day of July, heading for Darwin and beyond. We don’t see anything to write home about on the first day. Inglewood seems like a thriving little … Read More
Finding the Art in Phuket
November 5, 2018 | troublemagThe Art of Tolerance
Anthony S Cameron They say that you can feel the pulse of a place through its traffic, that you can sense its spirit as it dances on the tar. If this is the case, then … Read More
Finding the Art in Phuket
October 2, 2018 | troublemagA Drop in the Ocean
by Anthony S. Cameron
The steel comes out of the forge the colour of straw and trapped in the liquid moment that has had me mesmerised for years. In the liquid moment, the steel … Read More
Finding the Art in Phuket
September 8, 2018 | troublemagInk on Paper in the Digital Age
Anthony S Cameron I have written close to half a million words in the last five years, and most of them have involved ink landing on paper. That’s right people, these neatly … Read More
Finding the Art in Phuket
August 6, 2018 | troublemagThe Art of Letting it Find You
Anthony S Cameron
I’ve seen some decent circuses in my time, but nothing conjured up in a big tent can compare to the daily human circus that is Phuket. Humans on holiday … Read More
Finding the Art in Phuket
July 1, 2018 | troublemagThe Art of Painting Yourself into a Corner
Anthony S Cameron
The wind was howling like a love sick dog, bending the rain sodden trees over so they looked like a line of giants bowing at us as we … Read More
Finding the Art in Phuket
June 1, 2018 | troublemagThe Art of Shooting Reality
Anthony S Cameron
The minivan picked me up at 6 a.m. outside the 7-11 near my house and as usual I had little to no idea of what the day would bring. What I … Read More
Finding the Art in Phuket
May 2, 2018 | troublemagThe Art of Letting it Go
Anthony S Cameron
I might as well come clean right from the start. Prepare yourselves for the bold, unadulterated, glaringly bright, spill-coffee-all-over-your-shirt truth: I have been withholding, people. It hasn’t felt good, but … Read More
Finding the Art in Phuket
April 4, 2018 | troublemagRacing to the Bridge
Anthony S Cameron
Years ago I was at a party that happened to be full of musicians, and yet oddly there were no instruments being played. There was plenty of alcohol and weed and yet … Read More
ACTease April 2014
April 2, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
What is your favourite children’s book? No matter how hard I try, I can’t choose one. Now that my eldest daughter is nearly two, I have to confess that I’m enjoying rediscovering my old favourite … Read More
ACTease March 2014
March 3, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
The things that inspire artists constantly amaze and excite me. It could be a word, a feeling, their home or local environment and surroundings that trigger the greatest creative sparks. The beauty of these humble … Read More
ADEloud February 2014
February 8, 2014 | troublemag
by Cassandra Scalzi
Well, Santa may have come and gone and I didn’t get what I wanted, but the silly season is still rife in Adelaide, with a giant cockroach recently being erected in Rundle Mall. Must the … Read More
ACTease February 2014
February 4, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
“I ain’t no saint, but I’ve tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God … I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. … Read More
Conversations with the Black Square
December 16, 2013 | troublemag
Revisiting the art and theory of Kazimir Malevich through the sculpture of Gill Gatfield
by Jennifer Choat
“I HAVE fished myself out of the rubbishy slough of academic art,” Kazimir Malevich announced in 1915. The Russian artist … Read More
AdeLOUD Dec2013 / Jan2014
December 15, 2013 | troublemag
by Cassandra Scalzi
Do you still believe in Santa? I used to. In fact, I used to visit the big man with the long, white beard every year since I turned 21, inform him of my good behaviour … Read More
ACTease December 2013 / January 2014
December 2, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
What are the best art exhibitions and shows you’ve seen this year? The last year has been a very special one for Canberra, with 2013 marking the centenary of this extraordinary city. Whilst I’ve enjoyed … Read More
ACTease November 2013
November 1, 2013 | troublemag
Courtney Symes
One of my favourite excursions on a sunny weekend in Canberra is a stroll around Lake Burley Griffin, followed by a wander through the NGA and National Portrait Gallery (and a sneaky coffee stop at one … Read More
ACTease October 2013
October 2, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
I’m not a camper, So I can empathise with the shock that Belconnen artists Carolyn Fitzpatrick and Carole Osmotherly would have experienced as they reluctantly left the comfort of their Canberra homes to venture on … Read More
ACTease September 2013
September 3, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
September is one of my favourite months in Canberra. The show-stopper event of the month is Floriade (think one million flowers in Canberra’s Commonwealth Park attracting more than 400,000 visitors), which starts on 14 September, then … Read More
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Dressing the Movies Part One by Inga Walton
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